250 to 250:149. Trail of Broken Treaties, Narrated by Nick Estes

Heather Cox Richardson and 250 to 250: Trail of Broken Treaties, Narrated by Nick Estes

Nick Estes is an enrolled member of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe and Associate Professor in American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota. He co-hosts the Red Nation podcast and is the lead editor of Red Media. He recounts the cross-country caravan that indigenous activists organized in October 1972.

Native Americans fought to protect their land and rights for many years.

• In 1972, Native Americans traveled to Washington, D.C. to protest.
• Their protest was called the Trail of Broken Treaties.
• They wanted the U.S. government to keep its promises to Native American tribes.
• Protesters stayed in the Bureau of Indian Affairs building for one week.
• Their protest helped change some government policies.
• It helped Native American tribes work together for their rights.

POP Interview and Civics Quiz:

• USCIS N-400 Part 9:02. Have you EVER registered to vote or voted in any Federal, state, or local election in the United States?
• USCIS 100:06. One is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
• USCIS 128:65. What are three rights of everyone living in the United States? 
• Read: What do American Indians have?
• Write: American Indians have freedom of speech and the right to vote.

Family Fun:

• AIM: Trail of Broken Treaties 20-Point Position Paper | summary
• B Marshall: Trail of Broken Treaties
• Crash Course: The Native Civil Rights Movement: Ep 15 of Crash Course Native American History | full course playlist
• John Trudell Archives: trailer | full documentary | AIM | album playlist | Red Nation episode
• Muscarelle Museum: The Trail of Broken Treaties: A March on Washington, DC 1972 | Rising exhibition overview
• NPS: The Trail of Broken Treaties, 1972 | Series: The Struggle for Sovereignty: American Indian Activism in the Nation’s Capital, 1968-1978
• OAH: “Let’s Raise Some Hell”: Clyde Warrior and the Red Power Movement
• PBS Orgins: Native American Reservations, Explained.
• Penn Museum: Rebuilding Indigenous Nations: Native American Activism and the Long Red Power Movement
• Soundings Mindful Media: American Indian Movement (AIM) - Occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs - 1972, Washington, DC playlist
• Washington Area Spark: Native Americans Take Over Bureau of Indian Affairs: 1972
• Unsung History Podcast: The 1972 Occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
• The Uptake by Bridgemakers: We Are Still Here: 40 Years of AIM in Photographs
• uscitizenpod: Red Power coloring page